Ducks are supposed to be cute and nice, so when you see the headline “Scientists uncover 35-year-old recording of Australian duck swearing repeatedly,” it has the potential to be another source of ...

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Researchers recently discovered that Australian musk ducks raised in captivity can learn how to mimic human sounds Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Australian musk ducks just joined the — which includes ...

That’s one fowl-mouthed duck. An Australian musk duck named Ripper has been recorded repeatedly saying “you bloody fool” after learning to imitate humans. Newly surfaced audio of Ripper’s rant was ...

After looking through a sound archive, a Dutch scientist a believes a duck in the 1980s learned how to swear. An Australian musk duck was rumored to said to have used the phrase, "You bloody fool," on ...

A musk duck from Australia was rumored to have used some salty language in a recording from 1987. Animal behaviorist Carel ten Cate of the University of Leiden told Reuters, “I thought 'This must be a ...

Adult musk ducks raised in captivity can mimic the sounds they heard as hatchlings, such as a pony snorting, a door slamming, a man coughing and even what was probably a former caretaker’s catchphrase ...

Scientists have reported the peculiar case of an Australian musk duck that learnt to say “you bloody fool,” most likely from a former caretaker. The research, published in a special issue of the ...